Tricks (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781416950073)

Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love in this #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Ellen Hopkins.

"When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival."

Five teenagers from different parts of the country. Three girls. Two guys. Four straight. One gay. Some rich. Some poor. Some from great families. Some with no one at all. All living their lives as best they can, but all searching...for freedom, safety, community, family, love. What they don't expect, though, is all that can happen when those powerful little words "I love you" are said for all the wrong reasons.

Five moving stories remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story -- a story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up. A story about kids figuring out what sex and love are all about, at all costs, while asking themselves, "Can I ever feel okay about myself?"

A brilliant achievement from New York Times best-selling author Ellen Hopkins -- who has been called "the bestselling living poet in the country" by mediabistro.com -- Tricks is a book that turns you on and repels you at the same time. Just like so much of life.

Author: Ellen Hopkins
ISBN-10: 1416950079
ISBN-13: 9781416950073
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Language: English
Published: 08/25/2009
Pages: 640
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 7.21h x 5.43w x 1.98d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.8
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 132234 / Tricks

Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2009
Publishers Weekly 07/20/2009 pg. 141
Booklist 08/01/2009 pg. 62
School Library Journal 10/01/2009 pg. 128
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 pg. 98 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
BookPage 10/01/2009
New York Times Book Review 05/31/2015 pg. 48